Rank 01Why this
Shares base building and resource management with Sheltered.
- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
Games like Sheltered
- 8 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Sheltered also play
The closest matches to Sheltered: Sheltered 2, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation, This War of Mine, Kenshi, and Survivalist. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Also Base-Building and Post-apocalyptic, like Sheltered.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
Rank 03Why this
Shares resource management with Sheltered.
- $1.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2014
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Kenshi
Why this: Shares base building with Sheltered.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Sheltered
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
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- 2Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Also Base-Building and Post-apocalyptic, like Sheltered.
- 81% of 1,098 reviews
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Shares turn based combat and resource management with Sheltered.
- 71% of 1,503 reviews
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Unicube, Team 17 Digital Ltd
- Price: $4.49−70%checked Nov 4
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 77% of 2,429 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG
- Metacritic 62
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Pixel art style enhances atmosphere
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Immersive
- Base building
- Exploration
About Sheltered
The closest matches to Sheltered: Sheltered 2, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation, This War of Mine, Kenshi, and Survivalist. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Sheltered is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sheltered 2, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation and This War of Mine — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and immersive, and single out its base building and exploration. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game released in 2016 by Unicube and Team 17. Players manage a shelter and its resources while guiding their family through a hostile wasteland. The game combines base-building, exploration, resource management, NPC interactions, and turn-based combat. Reviewers highlight that its pixel-art style enhances the atmospheric quality of the setting. Players describe the tactical positioning in combat as a key consideration, and the overall experience as challenging and immersive. The game carries a challenging difficulty rating and is priced at $2.99. On Steam, it holds a 77% positive rating from 2429 reviews, and it is playable on Steam Deck.
About Sheltered: Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Is Sheltered worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 77% of 2,429 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 70% off, now $4.49 (checked Nov 9).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 19 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Pixel art style enhances atmosphere
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“a game where you learn from your mistakes playing and managing your shelter where you will have to delete saves and learn from it to progress further on later saves. (similar to this war of mine) downvote is because the developers turned…”
“a dull game with a lot of aspects that don't work, this war of mine is far better, similar cost and style”
People who play it also play: Sheltered 2, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation, This War of Mine
Mobile version
Sheltered is also on App Store. What the store pages declare:
- No In-App Purchases listed on the App Store (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- App Store privacy label: no "Data Used to Track You" (checked 2026-11-04, source)
On our lists: Pay once, no in-app purchases
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Frequently asked about Sheltered
Can I run it?
Does Sheltered run on Steam Deck?
Sheltered is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Sheltered cost?
Sheltered is listed on Steam at 4.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Sheltered?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sheltered are Sheltered 2, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation, This War of Mine.
Who developed Sheltered?
Sheltered was developed by Unicube, Team 17 Digital Ltd and published by Team17 Digital Ltd.